Agreed Apple touchpads have the best feel and responsiveness. You can always buy a Magic Trackpad - they connect via Bluetooth so they are not too inconvenient

Agreed Apple touchpads have the best feel and responsiveness. You can always buy a Magic Trackpad - they connect via Bluetooth so they are not too inconvenient. Wacom pen & touch pads are almost as good. I use one when I'm running Gimp - it's great to have different responses to the pen and to touch. I have yet to find a notebook which is even close to Apple's touchpad quality.